Fucking barbecues

[Polodriversclub]

I live in a quiet part of a street, and we're mid terrace. Every neighbour has decided to have a fucking barbecue, every day. Don't get me wrong, it's up too them in their own gardens but does no one have any common courtesy anymore to knock or shout over the fence as say 'oh we're having a barbecue, you might want to take your washing in!' I'm getting so sick of it. We can't have a out back doors open because the smell is so strong and the smoke so intense it just smothers everything. I used to really love summer and now thanks to people who really don't give a shit, it gets ruined. Can't sit in the garden as you other get smoked out of some twat kicks a fucking ball over the fence, or even worse at your fence. Roll on a lottery win so I can move to a house in a big field!

Surely then your complaint is with bad BBQ'ers rather than BBQ in general... I love a BBQ but then my DH has a shelf full of BBQ specialist books so he's not prone to lobbing some fatty meat on to the grill... Bless his heart, two years ago he was up at stupid o'clock to smoke brisket for a 12 hour cook (neighbours were fine...)

Wow. People will complain about anything won't they

You can't do anything but sit in silence in your gardens in the world according to some mumsnet posters 🙄 live and let live..

Yes I know neighbours can be so thoughtless.

Whilst I, when it is necessary, fart into a paper bag to;
1.) muffle the sound,
2.) contain the flammable gas,
3.) prevent any odour drifting freely,
I do this to so as to not impinge on any of my neighbours. Why can't everybody do this?

YABU.

Two. Quite!

@myrtleWilson

Surely then your complaint is with bad BBQ'ers rather than BBQ in general... I love a BBQ but then my DH has a shelf full of BBQ specialist books so he's not prone to lobbing some fatty meat on to the grill... Bless his heart, two years ago he was up at stupid o'clock to smoke brisket for a 12 hour cook (neighbours were fine...)

Yes exactly. Done well there’s no problem but this is just dreadful. It’s like pure fat thrown on coal! The smoke is so intense.

What an existence when you have to consult with your miserable neighbour before doing anything completely normal such as having a bbq on a hot sunny day.

So no one should have a bbq because you don't like it?

Very miserable, if you smell a bbq get your washing in.
There’s enough crap weather in the winter for you to be happy, I hate football and the noise it brings 😟
Let folk just enjoy summer

The hyperbole on these threads is always amusing. The whole house is filled with smoke, everyone is choking and coughing, the washing smells like an abattoir, they BBQ morning noon and night, the smell of burning flesh gives the OP complex PTSD etc etc.

Misery! Just assume every day that there will be a BBQ. Job done!

Completely missing the point of the thread, but I don’t understand the national obsession with barbecues. I held one once, about 30 years ago and have never had the urge to have one since.
I can understand wanting to eat in the garden but I don’t see why you’d want to cook your dinner in the garden.

I have never been notified about someone’s BBQ and I wouldn’t expect to either

Also, I wouldn’t tell anyone I was having a BBQ either…

It’s normal in hot weather

The people over the back of us are prolific BBQers……but not so prolific with the cleaning…

The damn thing pours out clouds of smoke and reeks of rancid fat. How anyone can eat anything from that monster is beyond me.

It's pretty crappy that your neighbours don't give you a knock to let you know regarding washing. We always send out a message to our neighbours so they can close windows if they want etc

@IJoinedJustForThisThread

Completely missing the point of the thread, but I don’t understand the national obsession with barbecues. I held one once, about 30 years ago and have never had the urge to have one since. I can understand wanting to eat in the garden but I don’t see why you’d want to cook your dinner in the garden.

You don't understand why others aren't like you?

We often have barbecues, we've had one today. From the sounds of it we should actually just sit in our garden quietly, not daring to move or speak, or better yet, just stay indoors, in case we upset some of the MNers 😂. If our neighbour had washing out we would say to them we are having a barbecue in case they want to bring it in, but given the number of bonfires we have endured from other neighbours day after day, some with thick black smoke, I can't say that a barbecue is going to upset many people. The smoke disappears after 20 minutes or so anyway and I can't say it has ever tainted my washing.

Unless they are barbecuing car tyres I think your exaggerating tbh! Ours had one today and it really wasn't that bad.

Bah humbug

I’m just playing a sad little tune for you on my little violin OP

We decided to do a bonfire when the neighbours were bbq’ing few weeks back , could hear them moaning about the smoke

Our next door neighbours are from New Zealand, their BBQ's smell amazing!!!

You'd have loved being near me this weekend - Friday night we had wood fired pizza, a little smoke on start up but only for a few minutes, yesterday I lit the forge (coal & coke) at around noon, again smoky on start up but it was up to temp in around 15 to 30 minutes, forged until 18:00 and then lit the log burner for sausage sizzling and marshmallows, very little smoke as I used dry wood, left that to burn itself out overnight and then today about 4 hours on the forge (coke only this time).

@Daffodil123456

We decided to do a bonfire when the neighbours were bbq’ing few weeks back , could hear them moaning about the smoke

Amazing

I don't think informing your neighbours that you're going to have a barbecue so that they can take their washing in is a done thing. It's not something anyone has ever done to me, and I've lived in seven different houses around various regions of England over the years.